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11 Then from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir (now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher ).
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From there they advanced against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher).
12 And Caleb said, "The one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah for a wife."
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And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.”
13 Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for a wife.
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Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.
14 Then it came about when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. Then she alighted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you want?"
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One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you?”
15 She said to him, "Give me a blessing, since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also springs of water." So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
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She replied, “Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
16 The descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the city of palms with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.
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The descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up from the City of Palms with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.
17 Then Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called Hormah.
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Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed the city. Therefore it was called Hormah.
18 And Judah took Gaza with its territory and Ashkelon with its territory and Ekron with its territory.
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Judah also took Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron—each city with its territory.
19 Now the LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots.
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The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron.
20 Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised; and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak.
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As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak.
21 But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
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The Benjamites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.
22 Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
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Now the tribes of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
23 The house of Joseph spied out Bethel (now the name of the city was formerly Luz ).
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When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),
24 The spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, "Please show us the entrance to the city and we will treat you kindly."
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the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, “Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well.”
25 So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free.
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So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared the man and his whole family.
26 The man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz which is its name to this day.
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He then went to the land of the Hittites, where he built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
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